NYE 2011 {Kid Edition}

Since having kids, our New Year's Eve plan has been
to get the kids down to bed as quickly and early as possible
so we can enjoy some grown-up time before the ball drops. 

This year we took a different approach.
Since our kids (+ friends) are getting older
(ages two to seven years old, plus a 10 day old sweet baby girl)
we thought they might get a kick out of enjoying some festivities
before 2011 drew to a close. 

(And really, as usual, most of the credit should go to Pinterest.)

Our plan included:

kid-friendly food... 

{homemade pizza rolls}

{three-cheese mini macs} 

{teenie weenies}

{peanut butter cup brownies}

and of course a healthy assortment of fruits and veggies.

...and drinks

{kid "wine" + plastic dollar store wine glasses}

craft time...

{2011 goal buddies}

The kids did a great job on these and we were impressed that the craft held their attention for a good 30 minutes. 

They came up with some great goals for 2012, 

including learning to ride a bike without training wheels (Ella, age 5) 

and learning to Rollerblade (Gibson, age 7). 

The littlest ones in the group are hoping to stop screaming (Mady, age 2) 

and go potty in the big boy potty (Ty, age 2 1/2)

...OK, maybe those last two are their Mom and Dad's goals.

daddy wrestling...

...and party games

{Disney Apples to Apples}

{HedBanz}

Happy New Year!

How did you ring in 2012?